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. A. HAVfION, Editor & ProY.
, FRIDAY, MAY 13th* 1887.
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vENTON - - - GEORGIA
Dr. I*. V, Sttuikisi,
f ,A great deal is being written and said
1 this reverend gentleman, Who oceu
, les the ptilpit of the Centenary Mctho-
RJstchufdh Of Chattanooga* and, who
|late, has become ft disciple, or a vcr ;
i'iuble Sam Jcfnes on a minor scale.
It Dr. Rankin, if he continues in his
[ jhst and present course ftrld policy, ns
I *.r purpose and motives are concerned,
Jill be a success,'and the doctor will
< ave become toward what his sermons
,ave ever been tending—a world-wide
Imoßs sensational preacher.
Dr. Rankin in most of his sermons;
torching and bitter denunciations
llgaiast the uifortunntc women of
ouscs JlHd den's of ill-fame, seems to
. onyej the impression that the only
Leople ?6’ be saved,- or that hate souls.
■ re the few morally Inclined and fair
? aitltfed Citizens of Chattanooga ; and
[ hat the poor, betrayed out-casts of ill
ame are the sole find only cause of the
bees and corruption with which Chat*
anooga is breaking.
We admit that as far as improving
Chattanooga's moral atmosphere is in
juestion, the Doctor hrts done a great
I ,Vork. But whether his policy of slitiff
j lng the vices and sins of his community
iff on the shoulders of others by cruel
Ind relentless persecution of the harlot,
frhose life is already a hell, is of an ele
vating character to the Christian re
ligion is to' us a’ vefy serious and doubt
ful Question. Nine-tenths of the wonten
Who are led astray—many in tho inno
gense of youth—could, through the influ
ence of the charitable inclined be saved,
Were it not for the scorching and con-1
deroning manner in which most of cut
ministers brand them in the pulpit.
The reformers, looking at it from a bib
lical stand-point, are but a grain better
than the violators.
Dr. Rankin is unquestionably a man
of great talent, and cs a man, for
xVhom we have the profuudest respect,
although we are opposed to some of his
methods. He clearly perceives a desir
able end and he scruples very little as
to the means he uses to reach it. lie is
impatient of slow processes, never
dreams of forebearanee with any who
do not share his contiCtions whether
. they be right ot wrong, and is merci -
less to those who dare resist lift will.
tVhen he has anything' which he thinks
the world ortght to know, he utters it
■Without any care as to the spirit or man
ner of its proclamation. He preaches
snore from* the' tekt duty than love, and
tie does it all hazards. So he sends
forth just about as a shell Comes from a
yhortar, with rt good deal of unpleasant
friction in the atmosphere, and believ
ing if it makes things generally uncom
fortable, that everybody will come and
see his zeal for the Lord. The things
that occupy his mind are eofiossal.
Ihere are certain topics which he looks
at through a magnifying glass. When
he tries his hand to giving a representa
tion of spiritual truth, he shows that he
has an independence of conception
which emancipates him from all such
shackles as proportion, distance and
Shade. The thing which engrosses his
itaind every one else should be occupied
With. It is what the world was made
for, and church redeemed for, and
they are wretched failures if his ideas
flre not realized. His every text of
scripture has a bear-n£ on his favorite
fheme, and every description of evil
character he applies to those who do not
Assent in all things to his utterances.
“It is good to he zealously affected
always in a' good thing,” but zeal
Which is destitute of charity and love is
like the lightening which blackens and
destroys. Such a man, of course, has a
following: lm dragoons weaker natures
and they submissively do the work he
Sfesigns them. This is clearly illustrated
By the constant raids being made on
houses of ill-repute, and the dragging
ef the uufortunate creatures of sirr and
Vice, beforfe the authorities, like arr ex
tb slaughter,- who impose heavy tines
on them- an*l turn them adrift again on
fhe world, to sinfe into the very lowest
pit of degradation, vvlsen, if the Chris
tian hand of charity and k>ve had have
Ifeen stretched out to them, they might
graeped it with repentance at
heart aud have become redeemed
•♦omeE- lu mauy instances, when they
were not able to pay five tines imposed
Upon-them, wo have known them to
be worked with men o» the rock-piles.
Comment on such an outrage as this is
Auybodoy. with a spark
Of Christianity or humane feeling at
heart, can see the enormity of v.s wrong
and its evil affects and influences on
Christianity, lu many instances,' the
persecution- has- so heartless and
relendess that many of tb* uufortimat.
fbrwgh- despair, have sought temporary
jest in suicide graves, lheso ate but I
>t»jw ai». »i tgv- evils of sou-alio*- d I
preaching, and a few that cannot bo de
nied,
Wotild it not be more elevating to the
ptilpit if Dr. Rankin would turn right
about in his stinging denunciations of
tile harlot and direct it at the public,
and try to bring'about the erection of a
house of refuge, where they could find
peace and rest; and would eventually
lead better lives. Wouldn’t there be
more solid Gospel in it ? We think so,
Dr. Rankin, or any one else to the con
trary.
Chattanooga should salt her police
force dotVn. They will spoil during the
coming hot weather.
HA\2>OTB SHOTN.
“Il the shoo fits you wear it.”
There are three qualities that Will insure
success in any walk of life, namely, integrity,
honesty ant? industry ;’an 1 though at first it
might seem as if the first of these must bo a
gift and cannot be cultivated, you will fird
that it is a fact every boy has ability, if he
hnlj finds out in which line of study or action
it lies.
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There Is no reasonjwhy a young man should
not succeed in a country like this, where
every one has a fair field and no favor—at
least there is no reason outside of himself
He needs only three things integrity, indus
try and economy, so wrought into his habit?
as to be a part of himself.
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Men do not like to fact their circumstances,
ahd so they turn their backs on the truth.
They try all sorts of schemes to get out of
their difficulties, end like the Banburg tinker
they make three holes in the saucepan wl ert)
they mend one. They are like the man vShb
burned a penny candle to find a farthing.
They borrow of Peter to pay Paul, then Peter
is let in for it- At last people fight shy of
them and Say that they are as honest ns a
eat when tho meat is out of reach, and they
murmur plain dealing is dead, and died with
out issue. Too much cunning overdoes its
work, and]in the long ruif Jno craft
whieh is seftfise as simple’honesty
t. -rr
We are cither'scatteringjabroadjor gather
ing in a good harvest field of industrious
youths. A word, a loik, an r apparently un
important action may effect tho eternal and
future interests of the young men who are
gently looking to us for etSinples. They
easily see if wo are hankering after the fol
lies and amusements of the world, or the bus
iness and prosperity of tho community. We
are touching our tellow beings on all sides
for good or evil, by what we say ttnd do, even
by what we feef.
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Tho reason why some people get along so
poorly is because they spend two-thirds ol
their time talking about what they aro go
ing to do, and during the the other third
they haVe to steep-. It is impossible for a
rtfan to be careless in his business affairs or
unmindful of his business obligations with
out being weak or rotten in his personal ob
ligations. Show me a man who never pay?
his notes when they aro due, and shuns tht
payment of his bills when it is possiblo, and
does both things as a htfb t, and we'll show
you a mitn whose moral character is beyond
all question’ bad. "
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Wo should be reluctant to think that every
body's talk is of necessity mnch of the time
about his 1 neighbors. It is a fact that a great
.leal of tho most delightful conversations i.-
nut about persons at all, but about nature, oi
books, or political changes, cr tho last con
cert and debate, or tho zealous and iudus
trious manlier in which our teachers are la
boring to promote the welfare and interests
of our school. Sfill there is a temptation to
calk about other people sometimes, and Jit
seems to us, that if such talk is not malicious
in spirit an A* unkind} in tone, it is on the
whole pardonable. But to speak with a
sneer of the foibles ot Mrs. A , and tin
next moment to welcome her to your parlo.
with W krsS. as If you cad no friend so de
lightful ; to say "good-bye, my dear, conic
again soon," anxl before the rustle of her
skirts aro gone to say, “ilorrrd thing! lam
glad thats oveY, is a peculiarity of women
wo cannot comprehend or understand, bul
nevertheless we wituvsfed the substance ol
the story the other day,-
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There are persons whom you can Pllways
believe, because you know they
habit off telling the truth. They do not
'“color” n story or enlarge a bit of news in
order to make .t sound remarkable. Their
are others whom you hardly know whether
to believe or rrot, because they stretch things
so, and are on-e thing to your face and an
other behind your back. A triflir.g-| incident
grows in size, but not in quality, by passing
through their mouth. They take a small
fact or slender b'tef news aDd pad it with
aided words and paint it with highly color
ed adjectives until it is largely unreal and
gives false impressions. |
The aim of these random shots can be
easily
plish anything for public Welfare, and see
our community boom at lesst with the spirit
.if entorprioC, we must lay aside all porsoual
prejudice and unite in- efforts of industry,
biekedjby truthful, square and honest deal
ing? with eacn and every one at homo ns
tvelt as with the world outside: give your
school a rousing good support,- ait your
county paper in its e-fforts to spirit
of enterprise, by coutributin 4 a dollar to it
once every C"* years, and if the [paper is of
io you, intellectually *or [morally
we will guarantee the swireha-ts that they
will receive in return live linros the amount
il a dollar i-n wrapping, paper. We must all
.vork tog-tiler for a eotmuon cause and [a
e .uimon good, then the value of in st
things w 11 be seen and undvialuod.
jtr *,natrj
MARK. fmsaa&gßfißfifiK'
ECZEMA ERADICATED.
Ocnrlcmon—lt Is tine yon to say that I think lam ene'xlv well of ecz n ma fitter havtn*
taken Swift’s Specific. I have been troubled with it very little in my face since last spring.
At tho be-inniny' of cold weather 1-vst fall it matte a slight appearance, but went away and
baa never returned. S. S. s. no doubt broke it up; at least it put mv system in good cCnditiua
air. 1 srrt well It a.so benefited my wife greatly in ra-ss of sick headache, and made a perfect
cure of a breaking out on my little three vear old daughter last summer -
Watkinsville, un., Feb. 13,1886. Bbv. JAMES V. U. AIOKIiIS.
Treatise ou Blooa and Skin Diseases o,«ii<xj free.
»Ht Srsctnc Co., Drawer S, Atlanta la.
Senator Sherman lias been invited
to deliver the Decoration day oration
at Nashville.
Tiie Springfield Republican states
that the night watch to prevent Presi
dent Cleveland trora walking off with
Massachusetts is to be doubled
There are signs th-it the precaution
will not effect the desired result.
Some of Mr, Blaine’s friends clainl
that if he is nominated next year he
v. ill gain more votes Irom the Demo
crats than he will lose from the Re
publicans. The claim is without
foundation. Democrats have greater
incentive than ever to vote tor the can
didate of their own party.
COUPS.
Sam Small says in five years the
South will be Solid for Prohibition.
In' a few months the copper mines in
Paulding Gu., will furnish
employment to about 300 hands.
The Etowah Iron Manganese com
pany have entered into an agreement
with tire GartersvUle Land company
Try virtue of which tire location of
their works of the former are assured
_to the tovvu, and the immediate erec
tion of a lf>o ton lurnarce promisedVb
The wins dealers of MillCdgveiile
On., have relented ancl Friday night
was the last night that the wine bib
bers were permitted to cut the dust
from their throats with the ardent.
Plie wine men have done no business
at all since the prohibition committee
began their war against them.
• News of a terrible accidental Coosa
tunnel, on the extension of the Colum
bus and Western railroad, is at
hand. A whitt andse\;nteen
negro laborers Wore at work in the
tunnel, getting ready for a large blast.
While ramming the blast with a’n
iron bar a strata ol flint was struck
with the her, making a spark, Which
ignited the powder. Of tire eighteen
men only six came out a live, and all
of them were more lens injured.
The Western crops summary says:
t he conditions in the main have been
:a.\orable for growing winter wheat.
Pile condition ot spring wheat in lowa
M nnesota and Nebraska is reported
to be good, though rains are needed.
L'he acreage itl lowa promises to be
fully as large as last year, if not
somewhat huger. The* meadows in
, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio are thin
, tnd slow starting. Widespread injury
to clover farms in“ Illinois is reported
owing to’ the invmy from the freezing.
A sensational wedding occurred neai
Molly, Tenn. James Smith some
nouths ago married tlie daughter ot
i widow lady named Lea, and she
reing a poor woman, evervbodv- said
it was a good thins for her, as Smith
>vas considered an industrious man.
I bey lived together peacefully ft month
< r two, when their connubial bit a
iaoed away, 'i hey seporated, and a
divorce was applied tor and giatiteu
at the last term of comb Sevetal
weeks ago, Smith again catne in the
neighborhood, and hovered around the
scene of his withered affections. They
were this time, however, centered on
the mother of his former wife. They
were made husband and wrtc
The interstate commission, in session
at Atlanta, Ga.. received a forma
document from a delegation ot culm
ed people w.iich recited that they an
assigned, p aeesblv rf ’ poss b!y, L\
force if ncce sary, by the officers in
charge ot tiie trains who claim to be
acting uiuLr orders from superiors, t>
some particular car, known in the
mun parlance as the‘‘Jim Crow car,’
“smoker,” or “negro annex,” whiel
is always inferior in eve y respect n
cars occupied by white passenger,
paving the same tare and traveling be
tween the same points, which car i
also the let eat am
of the liaveling
public ot other races, thereby sub
jectingr' maidens, wives, children,
mothers, and sisters to horrible out
rages and indignities, and force then
to listen t > l nguage which is’heard
in the brothel and bagnio.
Lfcgal
GEORGIA.—Padi? County :
To all whom it may concern.
W. C. Curetofl lias in due form applied to
the uiide -sigi!'- ! f ir permanent letters of ad
rn ii.istratn.il oh the estate cf James IV. Cure
ton, late cd' sui 1 county, deceased, and 1 trill
pass upon said application on the first Mon
day in Juno next.
Given under my hand and official signature
this 2nd day of May, 1 Ses7.
J. A. Bennett, Ordinary.
(GEORGIA- Dade County.
Whereas James R. Allison Administrator
of II L. IV. Allison deceased, represents to
tHe court in his petition duly filed and entered
on reeond that he ha? fully administered If.
If W. Alim.m’s estate:—This is, therefore, to
cite all persons concerned, heirs and creditor
to show cause if any they can, why said Ad
ministrator should not he dis -hargr-d from
liis'adininistration, and ri letters of dis
fiiission, on the first M- . lay i . August 18S7.
This Apriai 22nd JBB
LA. Bennett Oedinary
|Apr.!29 3m.
GEORGIA —Bade County.
S. J. Hale and others have made application
fora second class public road in tho lOSyili
District G. M. of said county. Commencing
where the road coming up the hollow from 1
S. J. Ilale’s enters the Gardonhrrc ftrfiy road
thence East to where the Toad turns off to
Hooker, thence North to the Nashville Chat
tanooga. & St. Louis Railway. Whieh has
been pointed out by the commissioners and
a report thereof made on oath by them.
AU persons are notified that said new read
will on and after tho fitst Monday in .Tunc
next, by the .Ordinary of said concly, be
finally granted if nt> cans? be shown teethe
contrary. This Apriai 20th ISS7.
J. A. Bennett Ordinary
Apr. 29, 30d
AVill be sold before the court house door, in
the town orjTren/on, Dado county Georgia,to
the highest bidder for cash, on the first Tuc3
uay in July next (1887), between the legal
hours of sale, the following unrfetufned wild
lands, to satisfy a tax l i Fa. issued in favor
of John Clark, tax collector, against each liff
or bart of lot respectively, all lying and situ
ated in said county of Dade, each lot oi-fpart
of lot pointeJ.out for levy by said tax-col
lector and levy on each made by me the un
dersigned. to wit; >
{ft of land. No. one hundred an 5 forty one
l) in the 18th district and 4th geetion, as
thejproperty of Geo 1! Cfc-Crry; lot of land No.
one hundred and fifty three [ls3] in the 18th
district and 4th section as the property ol 11.
L Russell; lot of land No. oue hundred and
forty five [l4s] in the 11th. district and 4th
section, as the property of W W Simpson; lot
<--f land No. seventy in the r£?ancf
4th section, ns the property of M.S Mahrey,
and lot of laud No. one hundred and forty
nine [l49] iii the 19th district and 4th sec
tion as tho property of Geo C Sleamuns.
This March 2Jsh 1887.
0 W. A. BYKr,[Ji?heriff.
SHERIFF’S SALE.—WiII be sold before
the court-house door, in the town of Trenton,
county of Dade, State of Georgia, to the
nighest bidder, fur cash, on the first Tuesday
in June, 1887, the following lauds and pro-
I all lying and ituated in saiJ c6un!>
of »de,.to-wit :
? f-IU lot of land no. eighty-fi-fe (85) in
tl.eaSth district and Ith section as the pr p
erty ot A. T, Fricks. Said land sold to sat
fsfyjaji x .Ft Ft. issued ’or the faxes for fhe
year Tc■-••• i.. fnvor| of John Clark tax ftol
leclor, against said property. Property
pointed out by defendant. Levy ma'be by
me the u.udersigft d.
Also, one house and lot, being tortn lots,
No (22) twenty-two and (37) thirty-seven, in
the town of Trenton; and known ns thoJG. M,
Crabtree house and lot, as the property of G.
Mi Crabtree, to satisfy a justice’s i urt, Fi.
Fa. issued in favor, of John P. Jtcoway
against said G. M. Crabtree for baliafice of
said pfirc! > o motley on said pjoperty. Pro
perty pointed rut. by plaintiff. Tenant in
possession notified. Levy made by John
Onzzort, L. C., and turned over to me the un
dersigned. This sth day of Vfav, 1887.
W. A. BYRD, Sheriff.
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been selects! irj every cast whore Si -.t ■■ Purchases’
have been hade for School*, an 1 istb 1 Dictions
ary upon vkeii nearly ail the school books aro
based.
It is an ir,Whirl ' trr.-g- • : - •;«••• - P«h«*4
a:,-! at etq-v I h-eside. t; : . and
testimcwals .c it.cju.ou.
?l!blU*.Sd b. G, it C. KKo-TAM i CO.,
Sf riujfitki, fcaas., 0,- S. Ak
T. C, ERVIN $c CO,
OUR plan foi the past week, of-sell
ing goods at “otle~lialf the profit
aud double the quantity" succeeded
so wonJc.iHilly well that wo arb able
to report as the resdlt sales far beyond
ottr expectation, sa’os that no othet
house in the city fan equal by one
half.
“Close profits the people seek."
I 1 or th.s week the flame coiuse will
bo adopted, and instead ot applying
tlib “one-half profit” to only a few ar
ticles our entire stock will be offered
at the same late.
S?*■<“** jbcpni'liui'iti.
Next Saturday night we tvill re
cord tlie largest, sales that Ims ever
lieen seen in the South. We' ate going
to sell them ii we can get help enough
to cut them off.
Our beautiful Novelty Suits, what
a week for them it will be: and every
body knows that we have the most
novel and iashionablo line in the
country.
A beautiful line of Oios Grain
Silk in colors at 50c.
3*a The White floods I>e
£>ai*tment
It will also be a good time to get
some of the beatiful matched Mull
Suits, and if there is a lady in the
country that we hare not alicady
made up a Black Suit for, takeout
advice this week and look at the ju ice
of the beautiful new things in this de
partment. I
It pays up to make thes3 low prices
occasionally and it is right lor the
P' ! |d° f ° take advantage of it.
MILLINERY DEPARTMENT Z
Nothing ever heard of to e jhal tli6
sales last week. The many orders
front some of the ve.iy best tiade in
Knoxville, Cleveland, Dalton Day
ton, Kingston, Rtrckwood, and many
other towns, trade that wecotild not
hope to get— but it mils the slot).
£2- Ervin Oo a
: Something
‘ WORTH LOOKING AFTER.
DRY GOODS, MILLINERY* AND
SEWING MACHINES.
A Full stock in every department
and cheaper than anybody.
Sewing Machines from $3.00 up. J ojin s
from LOe tip. Canton Flannel froln 5c up.
ii!cadied domestic yard wide 5c up. Calico
3c'up, _ Calico li}- the handle. Remnants
of alt kinds. Cheap all wool Flannel 20c ii]>.
Ladies & childrens Hats at 10c up to 810.0(0
('leaks at half price. Jerseys 40c up.
Corsets 20c andup. Ladies hose 5c and up.
Mens half hose 5c and up. Dress goods dear
Jo*\n. A!i kinds Ladies and Cents mideyv
wear below cost.
H. H. Soucer Chattanooga
JOE SIMPLON,
=THE ONE PRICED
02L.0T SIZEiS!..
KEEPS ’!• STOCK A T-.VLh LINE 0 F-*
3 ":0 Si’ |MI ii ilSfifi fflffiS, EfflfS
FURNISHING GOGUS, HATS, TRUNKS, VALICf $, ETC,
Lxanune ouj One dollar White
Dress Shirt.
Ti'v Marla Si,, XcM door 3d. Bank, € liatiauc4i*a f Tem*
! Fniis» hitri I’nrasols.
If the ladies of ibis country will
examine the price of these goons tbit?
Week they will learn f\ hat profits they
sometime have to pay, should they
hot wish lo avrtfl tlittnselves ot this
rare opportunity to buy.
H SIERY, GLOVES AND MiTS
\\ ill go the same way.
In these three lities we are really
overstocked, so if low prices will sell
them they will go this week.
Onr stock of Indies’and children’s
Snk and Gatt#e Vests is very pretty
and complete.
Otir Gent’s Furnishing Goods De
part merit cannot be surpassed any
where. VA e are away down on the
] rice of these goods.
WASH GOCTCETC,
Ladies, but in this fof
yonr children this week. Buy for
youi selves, also, for this depailment
is lull ot novelties and Leaiuifu
thiugs for ladies’ car.